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SUSPENDERS.

No. 330,319. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

.dttomeys NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WORTH H. GURNEY, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH P.RUMMEL, OF SAME PLACE.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,319, dated November10, 1885.

Application filed April 9, 1885. Serial No. 161,661. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WORTH H. GURNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to loops for suspenders or braces, and hasfor its object the provision of means whereby garments may be suspendedwith greater comfort to the wearer than heretofore, and also theprovision of effective devices for binding the buttonloop at any point,either for the purpose of conformity to the size of the button to whichit is fastened, or in regulating it to sustain the garment by one end,when desired.

The invention consists, substantially, in the construction of parts andtheir particular combinations with each other, as will hereinafter bedistinctly described, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the annexed drawings, Figure 1 represents my improvement infront elevation; and Fig. 2 represents a detail view of a portion of thebutton-loop and the adjustable slide thereon, to more clearly illustratethe invention.

It frequently happens that one of the buttons to which the loops ofsuspenders are fastened when in use becomes detached or lost from thegarment, causing the supporting strain to be imposed upon one end of theloop, thereby drawing the latter out to its fullest extent, andconsequently ceasing to perform the function of a suspender, in that thegarments are allowed to drag, and the wearer subjected to considerableill-comfort. My invention was devised for the purpose of overcomingthese defects, as will hereinafter appear. 7

Reference being had to the several parts by the letters marked thereon,Arepresents a central bearing-loop, formed either of metal or leather, orpartly of both. This loop is divided into an upper and lower division bymeans of an eyelet, rivet, or other fastening, a, and passing throughthe upper one thereof is a ring, B, for attachment or connection to abuckle or other part of a suspender or brace. Passing through the upperand lower divisions of the loop A is an endless cord, braid, orbutton-loop, C, the same being of proper length and forming the means ofattachment of the suspender or brace to the buttons on the garments ofthe wearer. In former instances, when a button-loop of this characterhas been employed, the loss of either one of the buttons from thegarment would cause the corresponding end of the loop to pull throughthe bearing-loop, and thereby cease to act in properly supporting thegarment. To obviate this, I provide each end of the buttonloop O with aslide, 0, which is adjustable thereon, and which, to form a button-holeof convenient size, is brought to the position indicated at 1, and inthe event of the loss of a button from the garment it is moved upclosely to the loop A, as represented at 2, and, as will be obvious, oneportion of the loop C will be bound in such manner as to be preventedfrom yielding to the strain exerted on the opposite portion, and made toperform the function of both in supporting the garment, without anymaterial inconvenience to the wearer. This binding action is caused bythe relative disposition of the loops in the plate A, the endless cordspassing through the same, and the sliding loops on the endless cords.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the plate A, having at its upper and lower endsloops, of the cord 0, adapted to pass through said loops, and thesliding loops 0, adapted to be adjusted so as to bind against the plateA and adjust and hold the cords in the event of abutton break! ing fromthe garment, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WORTH H. GURNE Y.

Witnesses:

HOMER P. SEwELL, W. L. Snwnrm.

